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| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. (Cf. eluvium.) |
| angle of repose |
the greatest angle of incline at which sand, stones, soil, or the like will not slide or roll downhill. |
| aquifer |
a bed of rock, sand, or gravel that can hold great quantities of water and supplies it to wells and springs. |
| arenaceous |
growing in sand or sandy soil. [1/2 definitions] |
| arenicolous |
living or growing in sand. |
| arenite |
sandstone or other rock that is composed chiefly of grains of sand. |
| asphalt |
a mixture of this substance with gravel or sand, used mainly for paving. [1/4 definitions] |
| balloon tire |
a wide tire with deep walls that is inflated with relatively low air pressure to cushion shocks or facilitate travel on sand. |
| bank1 |
to form into a pile or heap, as sand, earth, or snow. [1/6 definitions] |
| bedrock |
the solid layer of rock in the earth's surface, usu. beneath soil, sand, gravel, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| boccie |
a form of lawn bowling, originating in Italy, played with wooden balls on a long narrow court of dirt, clay, or sand. |
| bunker |
in golf, a hazard, esp. a sand trap. [2/5 definitions] |
| caddisworm |
the wormlike larva of a caddisfly that lives in fresh water in an elongated case made of sand, plant debris, and the silk secreted by the larva after hatching. |
| caliche |
a deposit of sand or clay in arid regions that is cemented by calcium carbonate and other soluble minerals. |
| concrete |
a hard, strong building material made by mixing sand, gravel, cement, and water. [1/10 definitions] |
| delta |
a deposit of sand and soil at the mouth of some rivers, esp. large ones, usu. in the shape of a triangle. [1/2 definitions] |
| dig |
to make a hole by removing dirt, sand, or the like. [2/8 definitions] |
| dune |
a mound or hill of sand built up by the action of wind. |
| dune buggy |
a lightweight car, usu. without doors or windows, that has a rear-engine chassis and oversized tires that make driving over sand dunes easier. |
| dust devil |
a small whirlwind that raises a narrow column of dust, sand, and debris. |
| eolian |
of sand or rock matter, carried, produced, or formed by the wind. |
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